Connecting Characters

ج ‘J, j’

Letters with vocabulary examples

Final	Medial	Initial	Freestanding
ـج	ـجـ	جـ	ج
برنــج berenj ‘rice’	سنــجـاب sanjāb ‘squirrel’	جـوجــه juje ‘baby chicken (and baby of any bird)’	کاج kāj ‘pine tree’

NOTE: برنج berenj is uncooked rice.  When it is cooked, if it is plain and nothing else is mixed with it (that is, white rice), it is called چلو celow.  If it is mixed with anything (meat, vegetables, etc.) it is called پلو polow.